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DeKay’s Final Five: Takeaways from DreamHack Summer and the EU Minor
SK Gaming reigned supreme at DreamHack Summer while three teams emerged from the European Minor to reach the main qualifier for the PGL Major.
Ryu’s pentakill, Dignitas rises to the top and other NA LCS Week 3 observations
Three weeks into the summer split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS), the top of the standings reflect more of what fans expected after an odd start.
Team Liquid rebounds (kind of), TSM struggles again, and appreciation for Froggen: NA LCS Week 2 takeaways
Trying to figure out Team Liquid’s League of Legends team has been a fool’s errand for months now, and the unbridled oddity of the organization took another turn during Week 2 of the North American League Championship Series.
DeKay’s Final Five: Observations from the PGL Americas Minor
Cloud9 and Immortals emerged from the PGL Americas Minor to earn spots in the offline qualifier for next month’s PGL Major. Here are five major takeaways from the event as the Counter-Strike season continues to heat up.
Dardoch: “I feel on previous teams that I’ve left, I felt a sense of like we already reached our peak or our peak wasn’t good enough to get me to where I want to be, which is first, top three, whatever. I want to go to worlds.”
Slingshot’s Andrew Kim caught up with Counter Logic Gaming’s Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett during Week 1 of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). They talked about starting off with a win, switching teams again and LCS franchising.
NA LCS summer schedule starts June 2; CLG/Cloud9 will kick off the split
The summer split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) will start June 2 with an opening match between Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming.
CLG replaces The with Shake on Overwatch roster
Counter Logic Gaming made a swap on its Overwatch roster and added Jack “Shake” Kaplan as a new flex-support pick.
CLG cook Andrew Tye talks about gamer nutrition, catering meals to individuals and being the central figure in a gaming house
Slingshot’s Andrew Kim caught up with Andrew Tye, chef for Counter Logic Gaming, to talk about the profession and what it’s like to spend so much time in the CLG house full of gamers.
Chaos in the second tier: 11 CSGO teams trying to make their mark
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is in one of its most competitive eras, one I dub the era of Super Teams (at least until we see how it plays out).
Stixxay: “I think we do kind of play to our opponent’s level, so when we play worse teams, we’ll sometimes just lose to them, and we can’t really figure out why.”
Slingshot’s Andrew Kim caught up with Counter Logic Gaming’s Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes during Week 7 of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.